World's Largest Solar Thermal Project Gets a Green Light

Was that a solar-powered green light?

<...1,500 megawatts annually...1,000 megawatts of energy...>

Could someone please translate these units into understandable terms <groan>!

If you read the article, it says very clearly that solar projects have been approved( get that s on the end of project?) it means more than one. The largest of which is 1,000 Megawatts. As those of us competent in the English language understand, having been given a 'green light' simply means having been given the 'go head with project' signal. It is common vernacular for anyone who has ever worked on a project that needed approval before it could begin. Sometimes you egg heads can get sticky and let your intelligence get in the way of common sense.

I think a real black light, to read that from "how stuff works".

1,500 MWY =1,500,000,000 WY ? (year ?)

= Avg. 171.25 kWh ??? Good Investment.

Yeah, another unedited science-babble story....

1) No mention of storage - some of the projects are doing a bit on that front.

2) She mentions water for steam but apparently does not realize where the water consumption comes in - cooling. At least one project in CA was forced to change to modified air cooling. Blow down from the steam circuit can be used for mirror cleaning.

3) As previously noted - She doesn't seem to understand the output - as written 1500 mW annually would come to some 4.11 mW per day.

I guess she need to put out something so this blurb is what the world got dumped on it!